* kubeadm 1.8 now properly handles upgrades from to 1.7.x to newer release in 1.7 branch ([#53338](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/53338), [@kad](https://github.com/kad))

- Kubeadm: fixed bug where v1beta3's ClusterConfiguration.APIServer.TimeoutForControlPlane is not respected in newer versions of kubeadm where v1beta4 is the default. ([#133753](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/133753), [@HirazawaUi](https://github.com/HirazawaUi)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]

## Dependencies

### Added

If watching objects with a filter, when an update was made that no longer matched the filter a DELETE event was correctly sent. However, the object that was returned by that delete was not the (correct) version before the update, but instead, the newer version. That meant the new object was not matched by the filter. This was a regression from behavior between cached watches on the server side and uncached watches, and thus broke downstream API clients. ([#46223](https://github.com/kubernetes/ku...

## Known Issues

- The etcd and KMS plugin health checks are not exposed in the new `livez` and `readyz` endpoints. This will be fixed in 1.16.1.
- Systems running `iptables` 1.8.0 or newer should start it in legacy mode. Please note that this affects all versions of Kubernetes and not only v1.16.0. For more detailed information about the issue and how to apply a workaround, please refer to the official documentation

- The `ServerSideFieldValidation` feature has graduated to beta and is now enabled by default. Kubectl 1.24 and newer will use server-side validation instead of client-side validation when writing to API servers with the feature enabled. ([#108889](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/108889), [@kevindelgado](https://github.com/kevindelgado))

### Bug or Regression

- Kubeadm: fixed bug where v1beta3's ClusterConfiguration.APIServer.TimeoutForControlPlane is not respected in newer versions of kubeadm where v1beta4 is the default. ([#133776](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/133776), [@HirazawaUi](https://github.com/HirazawaUi)) [SIG Cluster Lifecycle]

### Other (Cleanup or Flake)

- `apiserver_storage_objects` (a newer version of `etcd_object_counts`) is promoted and marked as stable. ([#100082](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/100082), [@logicalhan](https://github.com/logicalhan))

### Uncategorized

* gitRepo volumes in pods no longer require git 1.8.5 or newer, older git versions are supported too now. ([#62394](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/62394), [@jsafrane](https://github.com/jsafrane))

  3. Single-stack clusters do not need to change, but may choose to use the more specific flags.  Users can use either the older `--node-cidr-mask-size` flag or one of the newer `--node-cidr-mask-size-ipv4` or `--node-cidr-mask-size-ipv6` flags to configure the per-node IP mask size, provided that the flag's IP family matches the cluster's IP family (--cluster-cidr). ([#104691](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/104691),...

### Failing Test

- Allowed Azure Disk e2es to use newer topology labels if available from nodes. ([#117216](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/117216), [@gnufied](https://github.com/gnufied))